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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He asked me, &#8220;What do you see?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.4.2"><span class="content">I answered, &#8220;I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I asked the angel who talked with me, &#8220;What are these, my lord?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;Do you not know what these are?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.4.5"><span class="content">&#8220;No, my lord,&#8221; I replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So he said to me, &#8220;This is the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to Zerubbabel: &#8216;Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of &#8216;God bless it! God bless it!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has sent me to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the plumb line</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the hand of Zerubbabel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then I asked the angel, &#8220;What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Again I asked him, &#8220;What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Do you not know what these are?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.4.13"><span class="content">&#8220;No, my lord,&#8221; I said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So he said, &#8220;These are the two who are anointed to</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">two who bring oil and</span></span></span><span class="content"> serve the Lord of all the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Flying Scroll</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He asked me, &#8220;What do you see?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.5.2"><span class="content">I answered, &#8220;I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide or about 9 meters long and 4.5 meters wide</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And he said to me, &#8220;This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty declares, &#8216;I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Woman in a Basket</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, &#8220;Look up and see what is appearing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I asked, &#8220;What is it?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.5.6"><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;It is a basket.&#8221; And he added, &#8220;This is the iniquity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">appearance</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the people throughout the land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;This is wickedness,&#8221; and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then I looked up&#8212;and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where are they taking the basket?&#8221; I asked the angel who was speaking to me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;To the country of Babylonia</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shinar</span></span></span><span class="content"> to build a house for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Four Chariots</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains&#8212;mountains of bronze. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The first chariot had red horses, the second black, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the third white, and the fourth dappled&#8212;all of them powerful. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I asked the angel who was speaking to me, &#8220;What are these, my lord?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The angel answered me, &#8220;These are the four spirits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">winds</span></span></span><span class="content"> of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The one with the black horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white horses toward the west,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">horses after them</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth. And he said, &#8220;Go throughout the earth!&#8221; So they went throughout the earth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then he called to me, &#8220;Look, those going toward the north country have given my Spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> rest in the land of the north.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Crown for Joshua</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take silver and gold from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon. Go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Take the silver and gold and make a crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jozadak.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehozadak</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jozadak</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Tell him this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It is he who will build the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">there</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be a priest on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The crown will be given to Heldai,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:14 </span><span class="ft">Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Helem</span></span></span><span class="content"> Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and the gracious one, the</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Zephaniah as a memorial in the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and you will know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Lament Over Fallen Babylon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">With a mighty voice he shouted:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:2 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 21:9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">She has become a dwelling for demons</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">and a haunt for every impure spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">a haunt for every unclean bird,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For all the nations have drunk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">the maddening wine of her adulteries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning to Escape Babylon&#8217;s Judgment</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then I heard another voice from heaven say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Come out of her, my people,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:4 </span><span class="ft">Jer. 51:45</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">so that you will not share in her sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">so that you will not receive any of her plagues;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">for her sins are piled up to heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="content">and God has remembered her crimes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Give back to her as she has given;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">pay her back double for what she has done.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">Pour her a double portion from her own cup.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Give her as much torment and grief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">as the glory and luxury she gave herself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">In her heart she boasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">&#8216;I sit enthroned as queen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">I am not a widow;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:7 </span><span class="ft">See Isaiah 47:7,8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">I will never mourn.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">death, mourning and famine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">She will be consumed by fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Threefold Woe Over Babylon&#8217;s Fall</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">you mighty city of Babylon!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">In one hour your doom has come!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;They will say, &#8216;The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and cry out:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.18.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, &#8216;Was there ever a city like this great city?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">where all who had ships on the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">became rich through her wealth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">In one hour she has been brought to ruin!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice over her, you heavens!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">Rejoice, you people of God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">Rejoice, apostles and prophets!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">For God has judged her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">with the judgment she imposed on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Finality of Babylon&#8217;s Doom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">&#8220;With such violence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">the great city of Babylon will be thrown down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">never to be found again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">No worker of any trade</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will ever be found in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">The sound of a millstone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The light of a lamp</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">will never shine in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">The voice of bridegroom and bride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">Your merchants were the world&#8217;s important people.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In her was found the blood of prophets and of God&#8217;s holy people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.18.24"><span class="content">of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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